---
layout: docs
page_title: 'nomad acl policy self command reference'
description: >
  The `nomad acl policy self` command fetches information about the currently set access control list (ACL) policies available to the authenticated request.
---

# `nomad acl policy self` command reference

The `nomad acl policy self` command fetches information about the currently
set ACL policies attached to the workload or ACL tokens.

## Usage

```plaintext
nomad acl policy self [options]
```

## Options

- `-json` : Output the ACL policies in a JSON format.

- `-t` : Format and display the ACL policies using a Go template.

## Examples

Fetch information about an existing ACL policies attached to the workload.

```shell-session
$ echo $NOMAD_TOKEN
eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImJiMmUwYjI5LTIyZTYtYjk0My0yN2M1LThkYmNmMjc5ODM0MCIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJub21hZHByb2plY3QuaW8iLCJpYXQiOjE3NDM2OTI5NzksImp0aSI6IjJmOWI3ZGRmLWU1M2ItZGMxNS1kMzU4LTAyMDk5NjE1NThlMyIsIm5iZiI6MTc0MzY5Mjk3OSwibm9tYWRfYWxsb2NhdGlvbl9pZCI6IjhjMGJjMWFjLWRlMzMtYTNlYi03YWUwLTZiZjM3OGY5YzcxYiIsIm5vbWFkX2pvYl9pZCI6Im5vbWFkIiwibm9tYWRfbmFtZXNwYWNlIjoiZGVmYXVsdCIsIm5vbWFkX3Rhc2siOiJzZXJ2ZXIiLCJzdWIiOiJnbG9iYWw6ZGVmYXVsdDpub21hZDpub21hZDpzZXJ2ZXI6ZGVmYXVsdCJ9.IDZWTqGWRURDwI5OvO3LLjCsU1qzg6LEG4q5S7CfZawUXzMqAOoYajI_nynOGJp2aU77MqUyJmdFtrIBMoQnIxclEwNl9DkhfOrgjBsWefn9JqKEpORGD-0OLzaoYUgbu0k6aXCNktfpvHZN5uUsfL6nLOG-osQvHn9ZdboT31tjp1v6d-MfP96ZLG0NrXgLWMfwan2AAzuqMabIS9iO6OrZDNp2-TeeY_sqM-7sNEgfDo33GAeyhqTi8CAZhsDOv4wtJuFfMhrsbb33wHdAiltjXlafBtncMMaLHr07gbLvOMfty2_193i4Yi3H2PgPr7c4BYHoXyQJhFchDyYmFA
$ nomad acl policy self
Name          Job ID  Group Name  Task Name
nomad-policy  nomad   nomad       <not specified>
$ nomad acl policy self -json
[
    {
        "CreateIndex": 22,
        "Description": "",
        "JobACL": {
            "Group": "nomad",
            "JobID": "nomad",
            "Namespace": "default",
            "Task": ""
        },
        "ModifyIndex": 22,
        "Name": "nomad-policy"
    }
]
```


## General options

@include 'general_options_no_namespace.mdx'
